Wallaby filmed bouncing along country road in Cork.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/watch-kangaroo-spotted-roaming-free-in-cork-938188.html
https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/watch-kangaroo-spotted-roaming-free-in-cork-938188.html
Wallaby filmed bouncing along country road in Cork.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/watch-kangaroo-spotted-roaming-free-in-cork-938188.html
Loving the file photo there, but disappointed that there isn't a video of said wallaby.
So if it hasn't come from any wildlife parks... do people keep these as pets?
There is a video at the link above.Loving the file photo there, but disappointed that there isn't a video of said wallaby.
So if it hasn't come from any wildlife parks... do people keep these as pets?
There is a video at the link above.
Hmm, strange... I can't get one to show up when I click the link. There's just the photo (and text of course).
Now it could be down to one of my add-ons but it's too late at night to figure out which one; but now that I know there is a video, I'll try again tomorrow
Try going to www.breakingnews.ie, you might be able to run video on the news page.
There are several colonies of wallabies (what a mellifluous phrase!) in the UK:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_kangaroo#United_Kingdom
maximus otter
Oi Ramon! You told us you were down there visiting your Mamy when all this time you were releasing the wallabies!
He's not to be trusted, folks. Lock up your joeys!
SOURCE: https://www.apnews.com/7bee2aff2b5f4711a53f709e244dbfc5Caiman went: Swiss authorities call off hunt for reptile
This caiman went: Swiss authorities say they’re calling off the hunt for an alligator-like reptile spotted in an inland lake, declaring it “a phantom.”
The meter-and-a-half (5-foot) long caiman was spotted by a fisherman in Lake Hallwil, about 50 kilometers west of Zurich, on July 14 when it briefly surfaced and scarfed down a duck.
Police considered the report credible, saying the caiman — indigenous to Central and South America — was likely an abandoned pet.
But spokesman Bernhard Graser told news site 20 Minuten Tuesday searches have been called off.
He says “he isn’t doing any harm, it’s like a kangaroo roaming around freely here — it doesn’t belong, but it doesn’t hurt either.”
Graser says: “He’ll probably remain a phantom, making it the summer story of the year.”
I drove by there once and saw the zebras on the beach. I figured they had something to do with Hearst, and didn't get too excited about it. After all, it's California. (I miss it!)Wild Zebras in California
Introduced by William Randolph Hearst who built a collection of various wild animals on his estate. When he hit hard times most were given to wildlife reserves or zoos but the Zebras were just released & now live wild on the land surrounding his ex home. There were 113 in 2016.
TARDIGRADES ON THE MOON!
Octopus found in Scafell Pike litter pick
The body of an octopus has been found during a litter pick near the top of England's highest mountain.
Dave Ascough, 43, from Stockport, leads mountain walks and found the 20cm (8in) cephalopod mollusc 10m (33ft) from the top of Scafell Pike in Cumbria.
He said: "My first reaction was that someone might have carried it up there, but it's quite possible a bird could have brought it up there."
Volunteers removed 10 bags of rubbish from the mountain during the pick.
The body of an octopus has been found during a litter pick near the top of England's highest mountain. Volunteers removed 10 bags of rubbish from the mountain.
“We are 99.9999% sure it is a humpback whale – there have been multiple sightings,” said a spokesman for the Port of London Authority (PLA), which oversees the river.
“It seems to be doing fine,” said Julia Cable, national coordinator for BDMLR. “We watched it doing normal diving and surfacing behaviour. It is surfacing once every five or six minutes, which is normal.”
Cable said there was no indication the whale spotted over the weekend was in any distress and it is hoped it would find its own way out.
She said the animal appears to be swimming as far upstream as Woolwich during high tide, then making its way further downstream during low tide. It was seen near Dagenham on Monday morning.
While humpback whales are sometimes seen off the British coast further north, Cable said it was very unusual for one to be seen within the Thames estuary. “It’s very likely that it just made a navigational error,” she added.
I was wondering if Benny the Beluga was still in the Thames at Gravesend where it's been since July. The closest I've been able to find is this from the Standard, Jan 2019.
Whale still thought to be living in Thames, expert says
The last actual sighting seems to be Dec 14.
SOURCE: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/1...s-from-nearest-population/1421571847988/?sl=7Cougars sighted in Michigan -- 900 miles from nearest population
Wildlife officials in Michigan said two recent cougar sightings in the state's Upper Peninsula bring the total sightings for 2019 to five -- and the animals are likely escaped or released pets.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said a wildlife camera in northern Delta County recorded a mountain lion sighting Sept. 18, and a camera in southern Marquette County, about 14 miles away, recorded a cougar wandering Oct. 6.
The department said a total five confirmed cougar sightings have been recorded in 2019, and it's unclear whether all of the sightings involve the same animal.
Cougars were once native to Michigan, but the animals were eradicated from the state in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Officials said the cougars spotted in the Upper Peninsula are likely pets that escaped or were released by their owners. They said there is also a chance the cougars migrated from the nearest known breeding population in the Dakotas -- about 900 miles away.
The whale will be sent to the ZSL London Zoo for a post-mortem examination.